Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:
Alabama: Sports equipment maker, Russel Brands, closed down their Wetumpka operation. 191 people unemployed!
California: In Alameda, Berkeley HeartLab shut down. The last of their employees, 32, now join the unemployed. The company also laid off two people in South San Fransisco. In Costa Mesa, body armor maker Ceradyne shut down. 90 people laid off. In Marina Del Ray, hotel Pacifica shut down. 79 people out-o-work. Intuit laid off nine people in three cities. In San Fransisco, evil British empire company, BAE Systems, laid off 109 employees! In Los Angeles, Community Head Start laid off 146 people! In Pasadena, Community Head Start laid off 226 people! In Davis, EMQ Families First laid off 77 people, putting families last! In Emeryville, the Ernest Gallo alcohol addiction treatment center laid off two people.
Connecticut: Marc Glassman-Xpect Discounts closed down its North Haven operation. 67 employees laid off.
Florida: In Orlando iPGS Company laid off 54 employees. In Saint Petersburg, the British empire company, Cobham, laid off 141 people who work at its Conax Florida factory! They are shutting down the factory and moving to Iowa and New York.
New York: Don Coleman Advertising-Gloabal Hue laid off 61 people in the Big Apple.
Ohio: Metro Container shut down its Cincinnati operation. 45 people out-o-work.
Oregon: Ricoh USA laid off 50 people in Portland.
Texas: Diebold closed its Coppell operations. 52 people unemployed. In Midland, Select Specialty Hospital closed. 114 people jobless! Last year the company that owned Select Specialty Hospital closed their Odessa Regency Hospital, due to an unfavorable lease deal. Company officials said they were trying to adjust to new economic conditions (reduced reimbursements from Obama Care maybe?).
Wisconsin: In Milwaukee, Ball Metal Beverage Container laid off 72 employees.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.